OBIT: Daniel S. NICODEMUS, 1900, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Daniel S. Nicodemus, a Veteran Employee of the
P. R. R. Company Killed on Tuesday

Daniel S. Nicodemus, of 414 Willow avenue, Altoona, was instantly killed at 9:10 
on Tuesday morning, near the entrance to the shop where he worked by being 
struck by a stringer, or beam, weighing about 500 pounds.

While Gwin Miller, of 1715 Fourth street and Charles Burnett, of Roaring Spring 
were changing the heavy beams on the top of a pile of stringers one slipped and 
fell over the edge of the pile.  The beam struck Mr. Nicodemus on the back 
pinning him to the ground, his chest having been crushed in and his neck broken.

Mr. Nicodemus was aged 67 and had been in the employ of the P. R. R. company 
since March 20, 1882.  Owing to his age he had been assigned to light work about 
the lumber shed of the freight shops.  Coroner McCartney viewed the remains and 
decided an inquest unnecessary.

Daniel S. Nicodemus was born near Henrietta, September 23, 1833.  For many years 
he was engaged in farming in North Woodbury township but moved to Altoona about 
twenty years ago.  He is survived by the following nine children:  M. G., T. M., 
H. N., J. J., Mrs. Annie Lucas, with whom he resided, Mrs. David Yingling, Mrs. 
Albert E. Trostle, Mrs. William H. Nixdorf, all of Altoona, Wm. T. of Pittsburg; 
he is survived by these brothers and sisters:  Christian of Altoona, Samuel of 
Martinsburg, Mrs. J. W. and Mrs. G. W. Brumbaugh of Fredericksburg, Pa., Mrs. 
Kate Beyers of Freeport, Ill., and Mrs. Dilling of Texas.

Funeral services were held on Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock in Christ Reformed 
church, of which he was a member.  Interment in Oak Ridge cemetery.

Martinsburg Herald, September 28, 1900